Slowly getting there

Hi all. I think I’ve finally managed to get the newsletter fixed (with the assistance of the wonderful Dawn) but I haven’t yet worked out how to get the blog emailed to you all. But I will persist.

I’ll be sending out a newsletter in the next few days, so if you haven’t received it by Friday, you can sign up for it on my website.

In the meantime, the e-book of my Christmas novella is up for sale now on all the usual e-book sites, and amazon of course.  Here’s the cover — isn’t it gorgeous?

The paperback is also in production and I’ll let you all know when that’s available. I’m waiting for a copy to be posted to me — I’ve approved it in principle, but I like to get the paperback in my hot little hands just to be sure it’s perfect. So, stay tuned.

What the story’s about:

It is almost Christmas, 1816, but there will be no feasting or family celebration for Ellie Carmichael, an isolated young widow, left destitute when her husband committed suicide to avoid his debts. All she has is her beloved small daughter, four year old Amy, who has never accepted her father’s death, and puts a candle in the window “to guide my papa home”.

One bitterly cold night, a stranger collapses on Ellie’s doorstep, a man with no boots, no memories and no name, a man who swiftly enchants Ellie and her daughter alike. Now Ellie must protect her daughter, her virtue and her heart from the stranger, for who knows what his secrets may be?

It was previously published back in 2002 as The Virtuous Widow  and was a finalist in the National Readers Choice Award (USA) for Best Novella in 2002

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